<diegonc> when an application executes an out instruction in user mode, how is
kernel mode entered? general protection trap?
<youpi> some sort of trap, yes
<youpi> I'd rather think about illegal instruction, but yes
<diegonc> hm.. so to debug what happens inside that instruction I'll have to
break at the trap handler. Can I instruct kdb to stop only when a given task
caused the trap?
<youpi> applications usually don't trap, so what I usually do is to uncomment
the test at the end of user_trap() before the call to kdb_trap()
<diegonc> "if (debug_all_traps_with_kdb && .. " <- that test?
<youpi> yes
<youpi> so comment the test to make kdb_trap() called all the time
<diegonc> oh, I understand now :)

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